Plagiarism

by CD Richards

My bounty is as boundless as the sea,

my love as deep; the more I give to thee.

Can one find fault with my archiloquy?

Indeed thou must, it plagiarism be!

So, I will beg forgiveness of the Bard,

and pray the reader, judge me not too hard;

I merely sought a simple point to make,

put down those sticks and stones, for goodness' sake!

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Today's word: archiloquy (n.) the opening of a speech.

The opening two lines of my speech (poem) are shamelessly stolen from Romeo and Juliet, however my legal team advises me I can claim something called "fair use".

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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A dire warning never to copy another's work

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Plagiarism

by CD Richards

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